An abstract of the article "The Impact of the Appetite Stimulant Megestrol Acetate of Survival, Body Weight and Cardiac Function in a Rat Model of Chronic Heart Failure," by J. Springer and colleagues is presented.

An abstract of the article "N-terminal fragment of proBNP is a marker of risk for right ventricular dysfunction and cardiac complications in thalassemia major," by Antonella Meloni1, Alessia Pepe and Luc Zyw.

An abstract of the paper "Design and Synthesis of the First NO- and Haem-Independent sGC Activator BAY 58-2667 for the Treatment of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure," by Michael G. Hahn, Friederike Stol, and colleagues is presented.